Obscure Sound begins digging into the best albums of 2017, with albums #41 to #50 revealed.
New Tracks
Portland-based trio Maxwell Cabana impress mightily on new track “Texas”, released today. Distant, suave guitar tones establish the track’s smooth presence, the soulful vocals emerging shortly thereafter. As the lyrics hop between
Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer Dorvin Borman crafts an engaging vein of dreamy psych-pop. Just-released track “Wrath” works around his serene vocals and glistening, twangy guitars, with a reverbed drum
“Mind Designs” is the second single off Wax Mistress’ debut EP, A Ghost in the Garden. The Nashville-based act will certainly appeal to fans of Tame Impala, with similar psych-friendly guitar pulsations
San Francisco indie-pop quartet Faux Canada is comprised of members My First Earthquake, Crashfaster, and Sir Salvatore. With mutual admiration for Secretly Canadian’s roster in the early ’00s, the band channels a
“Partisan”, the debut single from South West London five-piece Yawwn, releases fully on all digital platforms tomorrow, though is presently available to stream above on Soundcloud. The single is a blast of
Amera are an act whose expansive vein of electronica has earned them an expansive following of their live sets. Their sound incorporates infectious beat drops and engaging soundscapes in studio and live,
Phil Collen (Def Leppard, Manraze) has pulled together a supergroup, recruiting Rob DeLeo (bassist for Stone Temple Pilots), Forrest Robinson (drummer for TLC, India.Arie, Engelbert Humperdinck, Joe Sample & The Crusaders) and
New Albums
The new album from Aidan Leclaire Band, Hail to the Dogs impresses with its alt-rock immediacy and poignant thematic introspection — taking
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Enjoyable rock mystique and compelling folk intertwine on LAZARENE, the consuming new EP from Dean Muscat, a singer-songwriter based in Malta. “These
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A consuming sound shows across the Not Today Old Friend EP from Rolla’s, the solo project of Vancouver-based multi-instrumentalist Vallen Koscheev. Its
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Enthralling with a hip-hop sound that exudes both hazy summer atmospherics and emotively gripping lyricism within memorable vocal flows, June Was Something
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